The Johnson – Gottman Summit – John M. Gottman _ Susan Johnson

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The Johnson – Gottman Summit – John M. Gottman _ Susan Johnson

For the first time ever, the world’s leaders in evidence-based Couples Therapy join together in dialogue to offer a prestigious and powerful clinical training. This is a rare opportunity to see a collaboration of minds from the most influential therapists in the field.

Gain skills in using research-based interventions when treating:
* Affairs and betrayal
* A shut down partner and escalating conflict
* Resistance and relationship sabotage
* PTSD and trauma

View videos of the Masters doing therapy. See how each model conceptualizes and treats these challenges.

When couples enter the therapy office, they are filled with pain and despair. They look to you, the clinician, to address their conflicts, recover from distress and help them repair their relationships. Learn how to overcome therapeutic barriers, increase your competence as a therapist and integrate a toolkit of evidenced-based interventions from EFCT and GMCT into your practice. Leave this workshop feeling empowered to make lasting change in your clients’ lives.

In this groundbreaking 2-day training, you will:
* Gain strategies for treating escalating, volatile, disengaged, shut down, sabotaging and resistant couples
* View videos of actual therapy sessions with Drs. John & Julie Gottman and Dr. Sue Johnson
* Experience interactive dialogue and dynamic presentations explaining the different approaches between EFCT and GMCT when treating complex issues
* Gain insights to therapeutic techniques for treating PTSD and Trauma
* Discover how research has impacted the quality and effectiveness of couple therapy
* Learn pitfalls that block therapeutic progress and gain strategies to overcome them

OBJECTIVES:
Identify how research has impacted the quality and effectiveness of couple therapy
* Summarize key concepts, change mechanisms and interventions in Gottman Couples Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy
* Describe pitfalls that block therapeutic progress and learn strategies to overcome them
* Apply efficacy-based approaches to treating PTSD to help couples
* Discover clinical insights from viewing video of the masters doing couple therapy with their own clients
* Utilize research based interventions when treating couples who are experiencing PTSD and Trauma
* Develop interventions to help couples with affairs and betrayal
* Create interventions to help emotionally distant or shut down partners
* Explain how to deal with escalating conflict and volatility in couples
* Recognize when resistance and relationship sabotage are getting in the way of healing
* Summarize other commonly used approaches to couples therapy
* Describe some possible future directions for evidenced-based couples therapy

CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION

Continuing Education Credits are available for the following professions:
* Counselors
* Social Workers
* Psychologists
* Marriage & Family Therapists
* Addiction Counselors
* Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists
About the Actor

Sue Johnson, Ph.D. is the developer of the model of couple therapy that obtains the largest effect size in the couple therapy field. She is the recognized leader in the field of couple therapy, adult attachment and the treatment of couples facing trauma. A renowned researcher, her key studies are on what predicts success in couple therapy, couple therapy interventions for traumatized couples, and forgiveness.

Dr. Sue Johnson is director of the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy and Distinguished Research Professor at Alliant University in San Diego, California, as well as professor of clinical psychology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She trains counselors in EFT worldwide and consults to Veterans Affairs, the U.S. and Canadian military and New York City Fire Department.

John Gottman, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington, where he established what the media called, “The Love Lab,” and conducted much of his award-winning research on couple interaction and treatment. Dr. Gottman has studied marriage, couples and parent relationships for over four decades. He has authored or co-authored 119 published articles as well as 44 books, including:

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
The Relationship Cure
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, and How You Can Make Yours Last
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting
And Baby Makes Three
The Marriage Clinic

World renown for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, Dr. Gottman’s research has earned him numerous national awards, including:

Four five-year-long National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Awards
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Distinguished Research Scientist Award
The American Psychological Association Division of Family Psychology Presidential Citation for Outstanding Lifetime Research Contribution
The National Council of Family Relations 1994 Burgess Award for Outstanding Career in Theory and Research

Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D. is the co-founder and President of The Gottman Institute, and Clinical Supervisor for the Couples Together Against Violence study. A highly respected clinical psychologist, she is sought internationally by media and organizations as an expert advisor on marriage, sexual harassment and rape, domestic violence, gay and lesbian adoption, same-sex marriage, and parenting issues. She is the co-creator of the immensely popular Art and Science of Love weekend workshops for couples, and she also co-designed the national clinical training program in Gottman Couples Therapy. Her other achievements include:

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* Washington State Psychologist of the Year
* Author/co-author of three books: Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage, And Baby Makes Three, and The Marriage Clinic Casebook
* Wide recognition for her clinical psychotherapy treatment, with specialization in distressed couples, abuse and trauma survivors, substance abusers and their partners, and cancer patients and their families

Inspiring, empowering, respectful, and kind, Julie’s leadership of The Gottman Institute has made it possible to identify and integrate the expertise of her staff, therapists, and the wider research and therapeutic community. Her commitment to excellence and integrity assures that as The Gottman Institute grows, it continues to maintain the highest ethical and scientific standards.